"Fricasseed," corrected Hammond. "Anything we can do?"
"Is the winding intact?"
"We thought of that, too. Nope. Electrical inspection indicates that the winding is melted together in several places. You couldn't unwind the coil, let alone rewind it with fresh insulation. We've got a couple of gallons of insulation handy, if you get a good idea."
"Not yet. But look, Hammond, have you tried the magnetogravitic spectrum yet?"
"No. That was our next program."
"I'd have tried that first," mused McBride. "Knowing that the drive depends upon the action of a cupralum bar under high magnetic density plus an electrogravitic warp, I should think that the close relationship between the magnetic and electronic phenomena would lead you to try the mag-grav first."
"I didn't want to start at the top," said Hammond dryly. "In spite of the fact that Dr. Ellson claimed to have discovered a region in the mag-grav spectrum that produced a faint success."
"Well, what I'm thinking is that we can rip up the E-grav generator and use the field coil for the alphatron. It'll carry electrons as well as it carries alphons, you know."
"Better," said Hammond. "But what do we use for an E-grav?"
"First we'll hunt up through the spectrum of the magnetogravitic spectrum. If that doesn't work, we can add the warp produced by your mech-grav, run from the lifeship's little alphatron. Right?"